Ingredients:
1 kilo of meat (beef)
½ kilo of chickpeas
3 large onions
2 large carrots
4-5 ripe tomatoes or tomato pulp
Salt, pepper, cumin
1 cup of olive oil
Preparation:
Soak the chickpeas for 2-3 hours in warm water. In a pot prepare the onions, chopped in rings, sauté. Then add the beef pieces, washed and pat dried, and cook well. Add the carrots, the sauce, the salt, the pepper and cumin in the pot, pour 2-3 glasses of water and finally the chickpeas and leave until half-cooked. Empty the food in a deep pot (gastra), cover and cook 1.5 hour at 180oC. Notes: you can prepare this dish with white sauce; instead of tomatoes add 2 tablespoons of flour diluted with water.
Popi Tsampika

Ingredients:
½ kilo of rice (pilafi rice)
2 cups of chopped mushrooms
1 red, 1 green και 1 yellow pepper
2 large onions cut in rings
1 cup of olive oil
Salt, pepper, lemon
Preparation:
Pour the rice in boiling water and when cooked use a strainer. Sauté the onions in a frying pan with some olive oil, add the mushrooms and peppers (chopped) and towards the end add the lemon. Leave until the juices have evaporated. Put the rice in a pot and pour the frying pan mixture over it and bring to a boil.
Marinou Konti

Ingredients:
1 kilo of mince meat (beef)
1 cup of bread crumbs
2 garlic cloves (mashed)
2 eggs
1 cup of olive
5 tomatoes peeled
½ cup of white wine
250 gr of feta cheese
250 gr of kefalotyri cheese grated
Slat, pepper
Preparation:
Put the mince meat in a mixing bowl. Add bread crumbs, garlic, 2 tablespoons of oil, the eggs beaten, salt and pepper and knead. Mash the feta cheese in another bowl using a fork, add the kefalotyri cheese and mix. Take a spoonful of mince meat, flatten it in your hand, put some cheese mix in the middle and wrap it up like a sausage. Repeat, until there is no meat left. Grill - cook the sausages for 15 minutes. Place the grated tomatoes, wine, olive oil in a pot for ½ hour and season with salt and pepper. Then add the sausages in the tomato sauce and simmer for 20 minutes.